Support Palace for Life's Christmas appeal throughout December

Foundation

5 Dec 2022

This Christmas, Palace for Life are calling on Crystal Palace fans to help support those in our community who need it the most by donating food at their collection point at Selhurst Park.

What is the Christmas foodbank drive?

This Christmas, Palace for Life are asking Palace fans to donate non-perishable goods at collection points at Selhurst Park to help support our local community amidst the continuing cost of living crisis.

All items donated by fans will be distributed to local people via the Norwood and Brixton Foodbank and City Harvest, who distributes food to grassroots organisations including children’s programmes, food banks, refuges for women fleeing domestic violence and families fleeing war-torn countries, and other local groups across London welcoming the elderly and isolated.

Alongside any food donations, the Foundation are raising money for their Made in South London campaign to fund the Palace for Life Holidays, Activities & Food (HAF) programme, which provides free food and physical activities for children who are on free school meals during the school holidays. Donations can be made here.

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I want to donate some food. How can I do that?

Fans can donate items at Selhurst Park up to and including Palace’s Boxing Day fixture against Fulham.

On matchdays fans can come by the Fanzone to the Palace for Life collection zone (or main reception)

On non-matchdays fans can donate at main reception anytime during the week between 09:00 and 16:30.

What kind of items can I donate?

Foodbanks will only take longer-life products that they can store for those in need – fresh food can spoil quickly and not all banks have chiller facilities.

Cereals
Tinned soups and stew
Pasta, rice, and pasta sauce
Tinned meat and fish
Tinned beans and vegetables
Tinned fruit
Condiments and spices
Canola and olive oil sprays
Broth and stock
All-natural juice

Non-food items are also extremely important – products such as these can prove essential for families who need them:

Toiletries: deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand wipes
Household items: laundry liquid detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid
Feminine products: sanitary towels and tampons
Baby supplies: nappies, baby wipes and baby food

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I am unable to visit Selhurst Park. Can I still support the campaign?

Yes! Supporters can donate to the Christmas foodbank drive, which will fund the Palace for Life Holidays, Activities & Food (HAF) programme, which provides free food and physical activities for children who are on free school meals during the school holidays.

Fans can donate here.

Why are Palace for Life doing this?

As the official charity of Crystal Palace F.C, Palace for Life are at the heart of the local community and it’s their ambition to support as many people as they can in our area.

Unfortunately, foodbanks have reported a surge in demand over recent years, with the number of people receiving three days’ worth of emergency food from the Trussell Trust foodbanks in the UK rising from 25,899 in 2008 to 2,537,198 in 2021.

South London is one of the most deprived areas in the capital, and foodbanks in London alone handed out 125,461 emergency food parcels between April and September last year. The cost of living crisis causing a sharp rise the cost of energy, food and other essentials, as well as the £20 cut to Universal Credit last year, means these numbers are likely to only increase.

So, that’s why we are calling on Palace fans, local people, or anyone who wants to help, to give the gift of food this Christmas to those who need it most. Any donations are extremely welcome.

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